It’s weird to think electro superstar Skrillex, a man who has been headlining at stadiums and festivals for years, still hasn’t released a proper debut album.
His impressive output, which changed the face of club music with its super-fuzzed dubstep bombs, has only been limited to a collection of singles and EPs.
That’s about to change March 18, when he drops his proper debut Recess via his OWSLA imprint.
Listen to the album below.... Read More …

EDM fans, rejoice: The Contact Winter Music Festival is returning for not one, but two days this year at BC Place.
The Boxing Day event that brought 12,000 people to the stadium last year with performances by deadmau5 and Nero is upping the ante in 2013 with powerhouse electro performers Skrillex, Kaskade and Diplo in the mix.
The all-ages festival, produced by Live Nation and Blueprint Events, will take place Dec. 26-27 ... Read More …

No one will board the Full Flex Express this year.
Electro sensation Skrillex‘s cross-Canada train tour that was such a big hit last year is off the rails, according to a post on the artist’s Facebook page.
“It is with huge disappointment that we have to announce the Full Flex Express will not be happening in 2013,” Sonny Moore posted on Facebook and on the tour’s website Wednesday morning (March 20). “During the past ... Read More …

Who is Al Walser, and why the heck is he nominated for a Grammy?
That’s the question on many EDM fans’ minds these days following the announcement that Walser, who is a complete unknown, ranked alongside the likes of Avicii, Skrillex and Calvin Harris in the Best Dance Recording category for the 2013 Grammy Awards.
While the electronic music community is up in arms, smarmy mag Vice has managed to get a hold ... Read More …

Dubstep superstar Skrillex will once again be hitting the tracks and dropping the bass throughout Canada next year, taking his Full Flex Express tour back on the rails in July.
The first instalment of the tour, modelled after the Grateful Dead’s Festival Express train-based tour from 1970, barrelled through Vancouver this summer featuring EDM favourites Diplo, Grimes and Pretty Lights, among others.
Venue and lineup information for the 2013 Full Flex Express will ... Read More …

It’s the kind of electro show that will give some Hastings-Sunrise residents nightmares: A cavalcade featuring dubstep star Skrillex, EDM powerhouse Diplo and Vancouver-born electro-pop rising star Grimes invading the Pacific Coliseum (no, not the PNE Forum) on July 22.
The concert, which also features KOAN Sound, Pretty Lights and Tokimonsta, is part of a train-based cross-Canada trek that will begin July 13 in Toronto and will also make stops in ... Read More …

Friday: Seattle indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie are playing Rogers Arena with Brooklynites The Hold Steady opening. Death Cab for Cutie are currently touring their latest album Codes and Keys, which came out earlier this year and yielded the first-ever one-take live performance of a scripted video for You Are a Tourist. Tickets $25 – $49.50 plus service charges at Ticketmaster.
Friday and Saturday: Dubstep superstar Skrillex, who recently appeared on ... Read More …